Whitewright Post Office Second Class Mail Note
The Whitewright Sun states the publication is mailed at Whitewright as Second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun states the publication is mailed at Whitewright as Second class mail matter.
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Texas towns move to curb roaming fowl as petitions for prohibitory ordinances reach referendums and voter action. Meanwhile a Ham Ramsey tabernacle revival in Denison draws diverse locals to hear Dr Ham and chorister Mr Ramsey, famed for blunt sermons.
Popular motion picture comedian John Bunny died at his Brooklyn home this week. His death alters the entertainment scene as fans and colleagues recall his work and impact on early cinema.
The Denison Herald notes a tabernacle meeting in Forest park, baseball games, and merchants' trade festival as launching a stretch of lively events in Denison. The combined gatherings promise active business and social calendars in the coming weeks.
The last legislature created three new state normal schools and ordered the supreme court to locate them, but the court declines to act, rendering the law inoperative. Clarksville precinct votes on a $300,000 bond for roads, while the Clarksville Times cites Grayson county's recent achievement as a model.
Floods in Austin Texas on April 23 washed through Waller and Shoal Creeks destroying homes and property. Sixteen bodies were recovered with eleven others missing as estimates place damage between two hundred thousand and five hundred thousand dollars. About 209 houses were washed away or badly damaged and five hundred people were left homeless or deprived of clothing and livestock losses were reported for horses and cattle.
The Philadelphia Inquirer and Des Moines Register-Leader note that editors inviting religious discussion face hostility from readers. They argue Christians should practice charity and peace, yet intolerance and conflict persist. The Yeoman Shield questions whether modern Christians live by their creed.
A collage of brief items from various papers notes public fee criticism in Texas, Chicago mayoral remarks on mothers, El der Horn's chicken ads boosting local advertising, Zeb Spearman’s Oklahoma fame and a playful nickname change reported by the Sherman Democrat and Greenville Banner. The column mix touches politics, gender views, agriculture ads, and regional nicknames.
The Bay City Tribune argues for a block by block street paving program as a practical, economical method to modernize small city roads. It contends the current system wastes energy and funds and would yield lasting improvements within five years if adopted now.
In a Houston Post column Geo. A. Bailey critiques northern views on the negro question and political ethics. He notes Illinois vote buying by two women, questions secrecy, cites the New York Herald on the term potlicker, laments financial strain from luxury desires, and comments on Col. Barnes as a crooked yet amiable figure.
A testimonial praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for nervousness dizziness and debility claiming it improves beauty through health. Mrs Jutta A Doss of Paris Texas reports lasting relief after trying other medicines before this remedy.
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